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House Republicans may not agree with a proposed ban on guns in schools and churches, even if their leader supports it. “Personally, I am not pulling back on it, but I don’t know where the votes are,” House Speaker Chuck ...

The entire state of Michigan is in compliance with federal air quality standards, Gov. John Engler recently reported. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published a notice in the Federal Register naming southeastern Michigan as being in attainment for carbon ...

Michigan Rule of Professional Conduct 5.6(a) prohibits a lawyer from offering or making “a partnership or employment agreement that restricts the right of a lawyer to practice after termination of the relationship, except an agreement concerning benefits upon retirement.” The ...

An employee could pursue an action for retaliatory discharge where the employee claimed his former employer fired him after he contacted the U.S. Department of Labor and complained that he did not receive overtime pay, a Kent County Circuit Court ...

State House Republicans unveiled a proposal they have titled the “Union Workers Bill of Rights” — but some labor leaders say it is all wrong. The package would require unions to detail how non-bargaining dues are spent and allow workers ...

A ban on organ harvesting and changes to Michigan’s sex offender registry are new laws that went into effect last week. Unauthorized people who remove human organs for transplant will be convicted of a felony under the new laws. The ...